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Now Available: Azure Databricks is generally available in China North 3
Azure Databricks is now generally available in China North 3.
January 2023
Azure Machine Learning - Generally availability updates for January 2023
New features in GA include the ability to place customized tags, search for machine learning assets, isolate network for managed online endpoints, build custom metrics views, and simplify data security.
General Availability: AzAcSnap 7 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 7 Release
Public preview: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3
You can now create Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3. The essential changes include features which come from upgrading Apache Spark to version 3.3.1, and upgrading Delta Lake.
Azure VM backup: General availability updates for Dec, 2022
Azure VM backup now takes a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshots in SQL Virtual machines to avoid reset of Log sequence numbers and reduce snapshot delays
December 2022
General availability: JSON support in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers
Gain powerful tools for working with JSON formatted data in Azure Cache for Redis through the RedisJSON module.
Generally available: Software inventory & agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate
Now generally available for Hyper-V virtual machines and bare-metal servers
November 2022
Public preview: Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions
You can now build application logic in azure function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database.
Public preview: Azure HX series and HBv4 series virtual machines
Perfect for a range of HPC workloads, these new virtual machines series can give you a significant performance boost over our previous HB generation series.
General Availability of Cross Zonal Restore of Azure Virtual Machines from Azure Backup
Cross Zonal Restore for Azure Virtual Machines helps to restore to any zone of your choice.
Public preview: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q4 2022
Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines is provides flexibility to choose any subscription during restore.
General availability: Arm-based VMs now available in four additional Azure regions
The Azure Arm-based VMs are now available in four more regions.
General availability: DR secondary free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Optimise business costs by licensing your Disaster Recovery secondary for free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
General availability: Bot Manager Rule Set 1.0 on regional Web Application Firewall
This rule set provides you enhanced protection against bots and provides granular control over bots detected by WAF by categorizing bot traffic as good, bad, or unknown bots.
Public preview: Use Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) for Azure VMs, HPC Cache, Purview services and networking.
Azure Machine Learning – Public preview updates for November 2022
New public preview features include reading Delta Lakes in fewer steps, debugging and monitoring training jobs, and performing data wrangling.
General availability: New cost recommendations for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
You can use new cost recommendations for Virtual Machine Scale Sets for optimisation.
Generally available: Block domain-fronting behaviour on newly created customer resources
All newly created Azure Front Door, Azure Front Door (classic) or Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) resources will block any HTTP request that exhibits domain-fronting behaviour.
General availability: Virtual machine software reservations
You can now save on virtual machine software from third-party publishers by purchasing software reservations.
General availability: IoT Hub Service Upgrade
All IoT Hubs will be going through a service upgrade between November 2022 and April 2023 with potential effect on your IoT Hub.
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